I just switched to Mozilla web browser! Ask me anything.

[brainshrub]

It's great! No more pop-ups! Hahahahaha! People told me about this earlier, but I was so used to pop-ups that I forgot how annoying they are! This is great! :D

I use Eudora for mail, Dreamweaver for web pages and now Mozilla for browsing. I just discovered that Mozilla has a word-processor, and it looks sweet...so I may be able to dump MS word.

One of my 2004 resolutions is to stop using MS products all-together. I will switch to Linux in January and let y'all know how it goes.

In the hour I've been using Mozilla, this is what I think:

1) I love how I can blocks pop-ups

2) My favorites list from IE Explorer was automatically imported into Mozilla.

3) I don't like how I have to make extra steps to manage my bookmark list...but it's not that difficult.

4) My web page looks different using Mozilla. I will have to experiment with Dreamweaver to see how I get get the same look with both.

In all...I give Mozilla a B+. Definitely worth the switch.

[trumad]

1. I've been using it for about 3 months and I love it!

Pop-Up's??? What the hell's a pop-up? ;-)

It takes a little while to get use to it but it's awesome... The cookie manager is fantastic... It's under tools and it gives you great options regarding your cookies.... You'll be amazed at how many cookies there are out there.... It will pop up and ask you if you want a cookie or not.... I say no to about 90 percent of them....

[brainshrub]

3. I installed a sound to alert me when Pop-up would have popped-up.

I'm sure it will get annoying in a few days, but for now I feel all smug every time the alert goes off. It's like: "I Nailed ya...you little mother-fuckers!!!"

[Wickerman]

2. I've been using it for a couple of weeks and love it

The tabs feature is great - I like having my windows available at a visible click.

[alfredo]

4. I second the tabs. IE is one of the few browsers that

do not offer them.

yeah, composer is a more than adequate HTML editor.

[LeftCoast]

14. I've set up Mozilla so that when I click my mouse wheel on a link

it opens the link in a new tab. I find it very useful for browsing.

[Redleg]

5. I have been using Opera for several months now and I love it.

It's nice to be able to block the popups when I want too.

[brainshrub]

Have you tryed Mozilla?

If so, what are the differences?

[Redleg]

23. I haven't tried Mozilla...

several months ago I debated between Opera and Mozilla. Both were recommended by others. I went with Opera and have liked it enough to stick with it.

[alfredo]

6. When you go to Linux, look for

Quanta and Bluefish for web development.

OpenOffice.org is a great alternative to M$ Orifice. AbiWord is a good WP, and GIMP is pretty good for image processing. You can get GIMP for windows too.

If you like hand coding Nedit and Zoinks are good for that.

Evolution is a good e-mail, scheduler that is included in most Linux distros. It is part of Ximian.

Edited because I am eating lentil soup.

[brainshrub]

8. If I switch to Linux

will I still be able to use Dreamweaver? What's wrong with DW?

[Deja Q]

18. Need windows emulation for that

Win4lin v5 runs win apps at native speeds but is limited to win98 or ME (forget 95).

Vmware will use any windows version, but is not always stable IMHO.

Why not use Mozilla's Composer app for webpages?

[xJlM]

7. Don't you worry about missing out on all that good MS stuff?

I've been using Mozilla for a couple of years now, and I'm really happy with it. I use Mozilla Mail in Linux, so I never have to worry about email attachments or ActiveX security nonsense. And if you send me something in my email that I have absolutely no use for, you'll automatically go to the trash from that point on.

I can't even remember the last time I used Internet Exploder, and if your site isn't friendly to my browser chances are I'll never return.

[Gloria]

9. When I tried it, it screwed up my computer so badly that

I had to have my local ISP send over a techie to straighten out the whole mess. I had to switch back to Netscape 7. I only use IE for certain pages that bomb on Netscape.

I've got a freeware ad/popup stopper which I used for awhile, but then I just got tired of it....so I just live with the popups.....OH well....

If I get a new computer I will try to partition and load in Linux. I'm not a computer whiz, however, so that should be an adventure....

[LTR]

25. If you absolutely must use IE

Try Avant Browser. It's based on IE, but gives more security, versatility and blocks popups, ActiveX and scripting if you choose. You can even configure it easily to block images and flash animation, too.

Get it here:

http://www.avantbrowser.com/

FYI: I also use Mozilla Firebird. Great, lightweight browser, but the rendering could be a little better. Overall, it's a fantastic browser.

On edit: Avant also features tabbed browsing, and tiling (similar to Opera). The tabbed browsing is automatic when a new window is opened. With Firebird, you have to click on the mouse wheel to do this.

[mr_hat]

10. How do you block popups? I still get them. [nt]

[phaseolus]

11. Edit - Preferences....

Then, from the tabbed dialog, go to Privacy & Security -> Popup Windows. Check the 'Block unrequested popup windows' box, and you're done...

While you're at it (or if you have an older version) go to Advanced -> Scripts & Plugins and uncheck the first four boxes... or five boxes, with earlier versions that have the popup blocking dialog on that page.

[mr_hat]

15. Got it -- thanks! [nt]

[xJlM]

12. Which version are you using?

In 1.5, which I'm using right now, from the Tools menu you have a pop-up manager, in case you have to allow pop-ups for the functioning of a particular site. If you go to Manage Popups it will let you specify which sites are allowed, and it pretty much disallows all by default.

[Gman]

13. I started using Mozilla Firebird 0.7

and I think it's an even better browser than regular Mozilla. Firebird doesn't have the attached email/news and html editor clients that Mozilla does. If you need those, just keep Mozilla on the side.

Besides no popups, I love the tabs. I hate having a new browser open for each and every page I want open in a separate window. Just right click and "open link in new tab" and you've got everything right there in one browser.

[trotsky]

20. Yes, browser tabs!

Best invention since the right-click. So nice to have separate browser windows open for each search, then tabs within those windows for search results, related pages, etc.

[MojoKrunch]

16. Firebird is good too.

My web page looks different using Mozilla. I will have to experiment with Dreamweaver to see how I get get the same look with both.
Don't bother... this is the same issue as with Netscape.
I only keep IE to update my OS and to check any pages I build since they still own 90% of the market share.

Have you tried Thunderbird, the Mozilla news client?

Mojo

[Ratty]

22. I just want a BROWSER dammit

That's why I love Firebird. Let the browser do what it does and everything else do what they do. I use Eudora for email. I use a newsreader for accessing usenet. I compose HTML pages in a plain text editor, but if I wanted to use something more sophisticated I'd just load up Dreamweaver or something. I use the appropriate program for the task. Just give me a plain vanilla BROWSER thank you!

Firebird, unladen with all that extra baggage, opens up lightning quick and renders pages faster than anything out there. It doesn't hog all that excess memory either.

[Deja Q]

17. SuSE Linux 9 or Mandrake Linux 9.2

There are varyign flavors of each, but buying the SuSE Pro or Mandrake PowerPack include thousands of apps; no need to waste time finding and downloading. It's well worth the extra cost IMHO.

I'm a SuSE guy myself, awaiting the arrival of Mandrake to see how it fares.

SuSE has new features like auto-repair (similar to Windows) but Mandrake's Linux contains more up to date components. That's the only real difference between the two.

[trotsky]

19. Another Mozilla convert here.

Pop-up blocker RULES!!!

Yes, I wish you could drag & drop to organize Bookmarks, or sort them by right-clicking, but hey, that's really the only problem I have. I can live with that easily.

I'd rate it an A-. Crashes from time to time, has trouble with some web pages, but overall a far superior product to IE.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

21. Far as popups go, Netscape (7.01) blocks em fine

[mr blur]

24. and the tabbed browsing?

Doncha think that's great?